8/10/2009 Pac Fas Marking 45th Anniversary Pac Fas is marking its 45th anniversary. Howard “Buddy” Beaman started a pop rivet distributorship in his garage in 1964. In 1966 the business...
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8/10/2009 FastenersClearingHouse.com Adds 3rd Party Services FastenersClearingHouse.com launched web services that provides third party fastener inventory management and distribution software to interface with its database. Operations manager Eric Dudas said...
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8/10/2009 NEWS BRIEFS EFC Adds E-commerce Site EFC International launched MyEFC-intl.com, an ecommerce site offering customers the ability to securely buy online. The company said the new site expands the...
August 10
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8/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Lee Johnson Reps for Rivet & Eyelet Lee Johnson Associates is now representing Rivet & Eyelet Technologies LLC in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and eastern...
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8/9/2009 8:08:00 PM Las Vegas Hotels Deals Abound During NIFS/West; Nearby Hotels Range From $31 to $199 Earlier this year the host Mandalay Bay Hotel dropped its rate from the...
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8/8/2009 How the Western Association of Fastener Distributors Began This year the Western Association of Fastener Distributors and the Los Angeles Fastener Association merged to become the Pacific-West Fastener Association....
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8/7/2009 Obituary: Joe Taddie Joseph Francis Taddie died August 2, 2009, at age 80. He was a co-founder of Fastener House Inc. in Cleveland. After selling Fastener House he became...
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8/6/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Concrete Bolt Epoxy Scrutiny Continues Substandard anchor bolt adhesive similar to product utilized in Boston’s Big Dig Tunnel was reportedly used in major repair work on Taipei’s...
August 06
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8/7/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Tree Island Reports Q2 Sales Tree Island Wire Income Fund reported second-quarter sales, including fasteners, were down 50% to $47.4 million on a 41% decline in sales...
August 05
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8/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS TriMas Aerospace Fastener Sales Down TriMas Corp. reported sales at its Aerospace and Defense segment, including Monogram Fasteners, decreased 15.6% to $18.3 million during the second quarter...
August 04
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8/4/2009 Canada’s Interfast to Acquire UK’s Burwood Interfast General Manager Peter Oleck (photos courtesy of Interfast) Interfast headquarters in Toronto Interfast Inc. of Canada signed a letter of intent to...
August 03
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8/3/2009 7:11:00 AM Anti dumping not protectionism – EU initial response to China European Union spokesperson for Trade, Lutz Güllner, has responded to the Chinese request to the WTO for...
August 03
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8/3/2009 Cole, Dukes Head New PacWest Association Kelly Cole of WCL Co. is the first president of the Pac-West Fastener Association. Pac-West was formed by a merger of the Los...
August 01
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8/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Japan Power Fastening Sales Down Japan Power Fastening Co. reported sales slipped 16% to 3.86 billion yen (US$40.8m) during the first half of 2009, down 74 million...
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7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS EU Approves 24% Duty on Chinese Wire Rod Foreign ministers from all 27 members of the European Union approved “definitive” antidumping duties of up to 24% on...
July 31
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7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Chicago Hardware Names Stamm Chicago Hardware & Fixture Co. added Michael Stamm to its sales staff, announced national sales manager Jim Sullivan. Stamm, who handles the Chicago...
July 31
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7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS MRO Fastener Sales Do Better for Lawson Products Lawson Products reported second-quarter sales, including fasteners, decreased 25% to $95 million “as the economic recession continued to depress...
July 30
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7/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Carpenter Tech Reports Aerospace and Industrial Fastener Sales Declines Carpenter Technologies reported aerospace market sales, including fasteners, dropped 42% to $120.4 million, including surcharge revenue, during the...
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7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Vertex Distribution Q2 Sales Announced Vertex Distribution parent company DXP Enterprises reported revenue, including fasteners, declined 23% to $144.4 million during the second quarter of 2009. Net...
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7/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Anixter North American Fastener Segment Sales Edge Up Anixter International reported sales at its North American OEM Supply segment, including fasteners, dropped 10% to $112.8 million during...
